February 27 – March 19, 1961

Chubby Checker

Pony Time

February 13 – 26, 1961

Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra

Calcutta

There were a lot of heavy hitters in All-Japan in the late 90’s but Akira Taue, a former sumo turned pro wrestler may have been the “heaviest”.

Neff Maiava was not the most accomplished wrestler in the world or really even in the state of Hawaii, but he was arguably the first Polynesian star of note who could main event regularly.